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      Pre-Hospital and Emergency Trauma Care
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      Pre-Hospital and Emergency Trauma Care book

      ByKenneth D Boffard
      BookManual of Definitive Surgical Trauma Care: Incorporating Definitive Anaesthetic Trauma Care

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      Edition 5th Edition
      First Published 2019
      Imprint CRC Press
      Pages 10
      eBook ISBN 9781351012874
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      ABSTRACT

      Patients with life-threatening injuries represent approximately 10%–15% of all patients hospitalized for injuries. 1 Some authors have defined severe trauma as a patient who has an Injury Severity Score (ISS) greater than 15. 2–4 For triage purposes, information available in the pre-hospital phase and primary survey should be used.

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